The Hawaii Dept. of Transportation (HDOT) has received a $33-million federal grant to rehabilitate the 70-year-old Wailuku River Bridge on Hawaii Belt Road in Hilo.

The picturesque Wailuku River, a popular tourist destination on the Big Island of Hawaii, hides a deadly secret. Over the past 29 years, 27 people have lost their lives after being swept by the ...

Councilwoman Jenn Kagiwada is hosting a town hall meeting on Zoom to discuss enhanced signage intended to keep would-be swimmers out of the waters of the state parks along the Wailuku River in Hilo.

The body recovered in the Wailuku River on Sept. 19 has been identified as a 42-year-old Florida man, Hawaii County police said.

The body recovered in the Wailuku River on Sept. 19 has been identified as a 42-year-old Florida man, Hawaii County police said. An autopsy determined that Stanley Walker II, of Pensacola, Fla ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - First responders on Hawaii Island are searching for a missing swimmer who was last seen in the Wailuku River in Hilo on Tuesday afternoon. Police responded to reports of ...

WAILUKU, Hawaii (Island News) -- The Hawaii Fire Department attempted to find a man on the Wailuku River after he went missing on Tuesday afternoon. The Hawaii Fire Department responded to a call ...

View of the recently cleared Boiling Pots on the Wailuku River in Hilo. The pots, each about 50ft in diameter, are eroded into a 10,000-year-old Mauna Loa lava flow.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Two Hawaii island kids are lucky to be alive after being swept away in a raging river. Officials say, it happened shortly before 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 6 at the Wailuku River.

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) - Hundreds of fish died in Maui’s Wailuku River this week while the state was implementing measures to improve their habitat. The die-off occurred as officials installed a ...

The river’s course lies mostly along the divide between the lava flows of Mauna Kea and those of Mauna Loa to the south. In the Hawaiian language, Wailuku's name roughly translates to "river of ...